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My own opinion -based upon what I know from experience- of HH, is that he has never had a new idea -or an original idea.whitestar said:Hank is the only one saying this..its not new!
There's no "the" antichrist in Scripture. Nero and the caesars immediate following him were almost certainly St. John's "beast" whether or not anyone's doctrine allows them to see/admit it.ForeverEndeavor said:I think it's quite obvious that Nero was not the antichrist.
yeshuasavedme said:My own opinion -based upon what I know from experience- of HH, is that he has never had a new idea -or an original idea.
If you can discuss the doctrines from Scripture, yourself, then I think that would be better than pasting long discussions of books and the men who wrote them and what those men say or said.
Can you prove your beliefs from Scripture? -if so, show them without pasting other's opinions. I'd like to debate you, not the books you paste.
ForeverEndeavor said:By "the antichrist" I mean the one told about in Revelation. I think this verse sums it up:
1Jo 2:18
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
So, of course there are others who were "anti-christ", when we address "the antichrist" we are talking about the one during the events of Rev., Matt, and daniels 70th week.
ForeverEndeavor said:Here's the problem I see: It seems obvious to me that most people who beleive a pre-trib rapture, beleive it because that's what they've been told all their lives and they get offended when someone tries to tell them different (which I can understand because I did the same thing). Then there's the people who looked into it themselves. Seems to me that those people who were like the bereans usually discovered that they were not taught correctly. Those people are either continually learning (even though they may not have it quite figured out yet) or have a pretty good idea what the bible says. If you're in this group, it's probably because you learned not to trust everything you are taught even if you totally respect the one teaching it to you (my pastor teaches pre-trib but I admire him anyway).
Yea my pastor and pretty much my whole church believe in the pre-trib rapture too...and like you, I respect and admire the preacher anyway. I was also raised with the pre-trib rapture...never knew anything else. But as others started presenting some other ideas, in which I argued against too but I didn't mock them, it started dawning on me some of the stuff they were saying made sense...so I started studying more on my own. I don't ever want to be so inflexable I cannot learn something I didn't see in scriptures before.
Anyway, to get to the point, it seems to me that alot of people have rejected the pre-trib theory and have gone on to make the same mistake with a new theory. When I hear comments like "I beleive this theory, I can't really explain it though" or "Hank Hanagraph (sp?) could explain it better than me", it tells me that they are making the same mistake as some people make with the pre-trib theory. They have accepted the theory as fact without even fully understanding it and without completely studying it. I beleive it's a great idea o take a look at someone's theory that differs from yours and see if it's true. But don't assume it is until you know, really know what you're talking about.
ForeverEndeavor said:Here's the problem I see: It seems obvious to me that most people who beleive a pre-trib rapture, beleive it because that's what they've been told all their lives and they get offended when someone tries to tell them different (which I can understand because I did the same thing). Then there's the people who looked into it themselves. Seems to me that those people who were like the bereans usually discovered that they were not taught correctly. Those people are either continually learning (even though they may not have it quite figured out yet) or have a pretty good idea what the bible says. If you're in this group, it's probably because you learned not to trust everything you are taught even if you totally respect the one teaching it to you (my pastor teaches pre-trib but I admire him anyway).
FreeinChrist said:You are making assumptions. Do you know what is said about those who assume?
I wasn't raised pretrib at all. The pastors that influenced me growing up were postmil or posttrib (and maybe premil, but not dogmatic). It was through "looking into it" myself that I came to a pretrib viewpoint. Through inductive study. After 30 plus years posttrib.
And one of the things that adds confirmation to my conviction that it is pretrib is seeing the manner in which nonpretribbers go at preribbers in a personal manner: we 'aren't Bereans', 'just believe what we are told', 'don't read for ourselves', were 'raised pretrib' and never question'. (where is that rolling eyes smilie?)
I spelled them out, FE. And opinions can include assumptions, so whether it was just your opinion or not is irrevelent.ForeverEndeavor said:Gimme a break. what assumptions did I make? I was VERY clear that my view of why people beleive pre-trib is my OPINION! Don't give me that "making assumptions" junk.
Oh, I think you have gotten viable responses. And quite a few pretribbers are not posting lately. How did I get to pretrib?By the way, you claim you came to the pre-trib viewpoint through your own study. What scripture clearly indicates there will be a rapture BEFORE the tribulation (without first ASSUMING a pre-trib rapture)? I have been asking this for days and have not gotten viable response.
hmmm, did I use the word "challenge"?If you're going to challenge me, challenge what I give as FACT, not my opinions.
hmmm, did I use the word "challenge"?
No, I didn't.
I suggest you calm down.
ForeverEndeavor said:ummmm....okay, so those verses obviously have something to do with this verse:
1Th 5:9
(9) For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Do you think I disagree with this? If you do, I suggest you go back and read what I wrote. The problem is, you are making "the tribulation" the same as Gods wrath. This is not the case.
ForeverEndeavor said:To WHITESTAR:
I am so glad you are seeking the truth and that you haven't made a decision without all the facts yet. Most people never get that far. If I can make a suggestion, you mentioned not finding anything wrong with the theory. I would recommend taking that one step further and instead of taking a stance on something because you don't find fault with it, take a look at what is clear and make that what you beleive. I think that hearing others' input can be essential to seeing the scriptures the way they are meant but it can be dangerous when you look at scripture with pre-assumptions. I'm not saying that you are doing that but we both know that there are way too many theories out there and only one of them can be right. I think what you have done is recognized inconsistencies with the pre-trib theory you were taught and looked for the truth. Good job recognizing that. It takes some humility which alot of people just don't have.
This calls for wisdom: Let the person who has understanding figure out the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.
(Rev 13:18)
OK, I'm sure this topic has been done to death but I'm new so here goes:
What do you think this number is? Is it litteral? Is this some kind of code? It seems to be telling us a riddle. One that someone with wisdom should be able to figure out.
And...GO:
ForeverEndeavor said:Ahh..the socratic method! I'm glad you are willing to abandon your position if you are shown to be wrong. Alot of people aren't willing to do this and will never find out the truth because of it. As far as my original post, I was really just trying to get a dialogue going on the subject. I'm not quite sure about it yet. As far as my rapture position, I suppose it would be pre-wrath but I hate labels. Plus I don't agree completely with Marvin Rosenthal who coined that phrase. So I would really like to avoid putting a label to my position but would rather just explain it bit by bit. I am more than happy to answer any questions though. It's nice to have an intelligent conversation instead of just defending my position from people who are not studied up on the subject and don't really know why they beleive what they beleive.
ForeverEndeavor said:So you think the tribulation = Gods Wrath? You think they are synonymous? How about backing that up with some scripture?
By the way, if you're going to argue with me, make sure you know what I said. You are giving arguments against things I agree wih. And let's not have any more statements that are your opinions being presented as fact. If it is a fact, give the reference.
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